1920
Lyle
2014
Lyle Buss
July 10, 1920 — October 12, 2014
Memorial services for Lyle Burton Buss of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the Good Samaritan chapel in Albert Lea. Pastor Kent Otterman will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Round Prairie Cemetery.
Lyle passed away Sunday, October 12, 2014 at the Mayo Health Systems Albert Lea. He was 94 years of age.
Lyle was born July 10, 1920 to Frank and Gertrude (Jewett) Buss in Grand Forks, North Dakota. They moved several times around the area before settling in Albert Lea. Lyle attended school in Albert Lea graduating in 1938. He attended welding school before joining the Navy during World War ll. Lyle married Erliss Anderson on October 9, 1942 in Bremerton, Washington. He served on the USS Sigsbee which was kamikazied on April 14, 1944. After the war ended, he went to college at Western Washington State University graduating with a music degree. He taught music and was a high school counselor for over 30 years in Bellingham, Washington.
Lyle is survived by his wife Erliss, son Loren and wife Evelyn, granddaughters Lyla Christine (Shon) Davis and Lorelyn Rae Buss. Also surviving are two great granddaughters Kyla Ruth and Lyza Jane Davis as well as many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Vaida.
Lyle passed away Sunday, October 12, 2014 at the Mayo Health Systems Albert Lea. He was 94 years of age.
Lyle was born July 10, 1920 to Frank and Gertrude (Jewett) Buss in Grand Forks, North Dakota. They moved several times around the area before settling in Albert Lea. Lyle attended school in Albert Lea graduating in 1938. He attended welding school before joining the Navy during World War ll. Lyle married Erliss Anderson on October 9, 1942 in Bremerton, Washington. He served on the USS Sigsbee which was kamikazied on April 14, 1944. After the war ended, he went to college at Western Washington State University graduating with a music degree. He taught music and was a high school counselor for over 30 years in Bellingham, Washington.
Lyle is survived by his wife Erliss, son Loren and wife Evelyn, granddaughters Lyla Christine (Shon) Davis and Lorelyn Rae Buss. Also surviving are two great granddaughters Kyla Ruth and Lyza Jane Davis as well as many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Vaida.
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